Will Brown is a freelance journalist working on humanitarian and development issues. He has done work for the Guardian, VICE News, Al Jazeera, the Spectator and the Times, among others. He tweets @_will_brown https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/will-brown/rss en Health Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:17:41 +0000 Will Brown https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/09/20/the-hiv-driven-myth-of-virgin-cleansing-in-kolkatas-brothels https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/09/20/the-hiv-driven-myth-of-virgin-cleansing-in-kolkatas-brothels An increasing number of men are paying for sex with virgins in Asia’s largest red-light district to ‘cure’ themselves of HIV – putting their faith in a disturbing urban myth and placing thousands of young women at risk of contracting the disease.